predominancy

noun

pri-ˈdä-mə-nən(t)-sē How to pronounce predominancy (audio)
Definition of predominancynext
as in domination
controlling power or influence over others Asia's long rise to predominancy in high-tech manufacturing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominancy
  1. domination
  2. dominance
  3. dominion
  4. supremacy
  5. sovereignty
  6. reign
Noun
  • During the Cold War, Washington cast itself as the defender of the free world against totalitarian domination; Moscow portrayed itself as the patron of national liberation against Western colonialism.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • At the Orange County cross-country championships, Trabuco Hills won the boys title and JSerra continued its domination in girls.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of domination
Noun
  • Her two-way dominance and experience make her one of the leading candidates for national player of the year, alongside 2026 winner Sarah Strong of Connecticut and USC guard JuJu Watkins.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Panelists tied the airport’s high airfares directly to market dominance, pointing out that ticket prices drop when carriers face genuine competition.
    — Chase Jordan October 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of dominance
Noun
  • The un-understandable which has dominion over our meat likewise has dominion over our machines.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In the past, the principal solvent of Europe’s imperial dominions was the growing reluctance of people in the metropole to bear the financial and military burden.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of dominion
Noun
  • Shifting coalitions When the Haredi parties exited Netanyahu’s coalition, Likud replaced them with nationalist parties that emphasize the state and Jewish supremacy.
    — Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Gavin Newsom’s legislative minions just got a lesson in constitutional supremacy.
    — , FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of supremacy
Noun
  • Lula has instead emphasized multilateralism, ties with the Global South and China — Brazil’s largest export market — and his resistance to Trump’s tariff measures as a defense of national sovereignty.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The three providers built around European technology received a higher sovereignty rating.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of sovereignty
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  • But younger Japanese are now discovering that energy from the Showa Era (1926-1989), the period of Emperor Showa’s reign, when Japanese pop culture was at a fertile peak.
    — Mark Schilling, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The current Jonathan was born in 2023, and took the reigns as working live mascot from his predecessor Jonathan XIV the following year.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
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